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BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  16  TO  B.  A.  I.  ORDER  287.— RELATIVE  TO  FOOT-AND- 
MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OTHER  RUMINANTS,  AND 
SWINE 

Effective  on  and  after  June  5,  1924 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

( )i  pice  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  D.  C,  June  5,  19 
Under  authority  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat. 
1264),  the  quarantine  established  by  B.  A.  I.  Order  287,  dated 
February  23,  L924,  and  the  amendments  thereto,  on  the  following 
portions  of  counties  in  the  State4  of  California  is  hereby  revoked^ 
effective  on  June  5,  1924: 

All  those  portions  of  Alameda,  Xapa,  and  Solano  Counties  except 
premises  upon  which  foot-and-mouth  disease  has  existed. 

All  that  portion  of  Fresno  County  lying  within  a  boundary  line 
beginning  at  the  paved  highway  running  southeasterly  and  south- 
erly from  Fresno  to  Sanger,  thence  running  northeasterly  along  the 
authorized  highway  to  its  intersection  with  King  River,  thence 
running  along  King  River  to  Sequoia  National  Forest,  thence  run- 
ning southeasterly  along  the  western  boundary  of  Sequoia  National 
Forest  to  the  county  line,  thence  running  westerly  and  southerly 
along  the  county  line  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  thence 
running  along  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  through  Kingsbui 
Fresno. 

All  that  portion  of  Madera  County  lying  within  a  boundary  line 
running  along  Los  Banos  road  from  the  intersection  of  the  State 
highway  with  the  western  boundary  line  of  Madera  Count  v.  thence 
running  due  east  through  Califa  Station  to  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad, 
t  hence  running  southeasterly  along  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  to  the  San 
Joaquin  River,  thence  running  westerly  and  northerly  along  the 
San  Joaquin  River  to  the  Merced  County  line. 

All  that  portion  of  Stanislaus  County  comprising  the  area  bounded 
on  the  north  by  the  Stanislaus  River,  <>n  the  east  by  the  range  line 
between  Ranges  II  and  Nil  East,  on  the  south  by  the  Merced 
County  line,  and  on  the  west  by  that  branch  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  running  from  the  Merced  County  line  through  Turlock, 
Modesto,  and  Salida  to  the  Stanislaus  River. 

This  amendment,  which,  lor  the  purpose  of  identification  i^  desig- 
nated as  amendment    Ki  to  Ii.  A.  I.  Order  287,  shall  become  and 
ffective  on  and  after  June  5,  192  1. 

Done  at  Washington  this  5th  day  of  dune,  1924. 
Witness  my  hand   and   the  seal  of  the   Department 
of  Agriculture. 

Henri   C.  Wai  la< 

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